“Nvidia has made such good chips that if they were sold freely to the CCP, the CCP would likely overtake us in the AI arms race,” Mast, who is also the Chairman of the committee, said. Last month, following Trump’s H200 announcement, Mast introduced the AI Overwatch Act, a bill that gives both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Banking Committee the authority to block AI chips export licenses to China and other countries that are deemed to be adversaries. Last week, Sacks confirmed a post on X claiming that the AI Overwatch Act’s aim was to “take away President Trump’s authority as Commander in Chief and undermine his America First strategy.” The post also claimed that the bill was secretly orchestrated by “Never Trumpers and Obama/Biden former staffers” and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
Author: Ece Yildirim
Published at: 2026-01-21 21:45:21
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